US suspends military support to Mali after coup d’état

The United States has suspended all cooperation with Mali’s military following the overthrow of the Malian president by army officers, the U.S. envoy to West Africa’s Sahel region said on Friday. This comes despite thousands of Malians celebrating the overthrow in the streets of the capital of Bamako. U.S. envoy J. Peter Pham told the […]

French-led Special Operations Task Force Takuba now active in Africa

Terrorism, acute food shortages, the coronavirus pandemic, and climate change have all taken a toll on the security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel making security in the region tenuous. The security situation in the G5 Sahel has continued to worsen, despite some successes on the ground. Boko Haram terrorists continue to operate with near […]

Somali Military captures strategic al-Shabaab stronghold

Somali commandos of the Danab “Lightning” Brigade, backed by Ugandan African Union (AU) forces, have taken the strategic town of Kuntuwaarey in the Lower Shabelle region from the al-Shabaab terrorist group, freeing at least 33 children in the process, officials said. The town of Kuntuwaarey, in the southwest of Somalia, located about 200 kilometers from […]

Ukrainian Special Operations units hold competition

Earlier in July, the Ukrainian Special Operations Command held an intense competition between its Special Operations units. The competition was broken down into five days of intensive tests that aimed to test the resolve, morale, endurance, capabilities, and professionalism of the teams. There were 11 stages that put the commandos through obstacle courses, adverse weather […]